Computation of new aircraft trajectory using time factor

• Main Authors: BAILEY LOUIS J, SINGLETON MARISSA K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.02.2016
• Subjects: PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

A time factor corresponding to an airspace delay or acceleration is communicated to an aircraft. A flight management computer or other computational device of the aircraft calculates a proposed change in trajectory in order to accommodate the time factor in an optimum or nearly optimum manner. One o...